Darwin

Dr John van Wyhe is an historian of science at the University of Cambridge. He is the founder and Director of The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, Bye-Fellow of Christ's College and Member of Council for the British Society for the History of Science. Dr van Wyhe is currently co-editing a volume of Darwin's field notebooks and a volume of his shorter publications. He lives in Cambridge.

Contents and Introduction • The Abyss of Time • The Abundance of Nature • Charles Darwin - Born a naturalist: 1809-25 • Edinburgh University: 1825-27 • University of Cambridge: 1827-31 • The Voyage of the Beagle: 1831-36 • Eastern South America: 1831 • Don Carlos, So Much of a Gaucho: 1832 • Fossil Discoveries: 1832 • Tierra del Fuego and the Shock of the Savage: 1832 • Western South America: 1833-34 • The Galapagos Islands - the True Story: 1835 • Across the Pacific and Around the World: 1835-36 • To Marry or not to Marry?: 1837-39 • Journal of Researches: 1838-43 • Zoology of the Beagle: 1838-43 • Geology of the Beagle: 1838-43 • At home with the Darwins: 1839-53 • Putting the Puzzle Together: 1853-59 • Barnacles: 1853 • On the Origin of Species: 1859 • The Reception of Darwin's Theory of Evolution: 1859-64 • Orchids: 1862 • Variation: 1868 • The Powers of Plants: 1868 • The Descent of Man and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals: 1871-1872 • The Sage of Down and the Study of Worms: 1881-82 • Darwin's Death and Legacy: 1882-present • Index • Credits • Further Reading.